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    VESSEL NAME:   H. Rand
    OTHER NAME(s): (sometimes seen as Hanson Rand)
    OFFICIAL NO:   11185
    DATE OF LOSS:  24 May 1901
    CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Michigan, off Sheboygan
    RIG TYPE:      Schooner, 3 masts (3rd added 1879)
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       H. Rand & Son, Manitowoc, 1856
    OWNER(S):      ?
    MASTER:        Capt. Ralph Jefferson
    TONNAGE:       124 gt - 118 nt
    DIMENSIONS:    106.5 x 23.6 x 7.6
    CASUALTIES:    4 [all]

                   Was bound from Boyne City to Racine with slab wood
                when she got caught up in a fierce gale. Her capsized hull
                was towed and beached near Racine by the tug DIXON.
                When found her stern and cabin were gone. The tug pulled
                out her bow while beaching her and the H. RAND went to
                pieces as soon as she was put ashore. What remained of her
                was blown up on June 1st under direction of Capt. A. B.
                Davis of the revenue cutter MORRILL.

                   1873 - Received new centre-board box, bilge streaks,
                and had her bottom calked at Chicago. Work done by Wm.
                Bates & Co.


                   Lives lost:
                   Capt. Ralph Jefferson, 1305 N. Michigan Ave., Racine
                   Daisy Jefferson, age 27, daughter of captain
                   Harry Lecus, age 20, Milwaukee
                   Frank Seabert or Siebert, age 27, Sheboygan.




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Sources: Chicago Daily Tribune, 20 March 1873
         Oswego Daily Times, 30 May 1901
         The Chicago Tribune, 29 May 1901
         Oswego Daily Times, 1 June 1901
         Merchant Vessel Lists - 1871, 1877, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900